Madison City Schools use Booktracks to distribute and collect textbooks

Press Release:
Book Systems
[September 21, 2010]

Copyright (c) 2010 Book Systems

Abstract: Book Systems announced that Madison City Schools is now using Booktracks to distribute and collect textbooks. Madison City Schools is composed of twelve buildings: one high school, two middle schools, seven elementary schools, one academy, and a central office. Booktracks was needed to replace the previous paper-and-pencil method of tracking textbooks.

Huntsville, Alabama, 21 September 2010 – Book Systems, Inc. is proud to announce that Madison City Schools is now using Booktracks to distribute and collect textbooks. Madison City Schools is composed of twelve buildings: one high school, two middle schools, seven elementary schools, one academy, and a central office. Booktracks was needed to replace the previous paper-and-pencil method of tracking textbooks.

Textbook Coordinator Bob Lipinski shared the below comment with local news reporters: "We have actually cut, probably 250 thousand dollars out of the budget for textbooks. It's actually more if you compound that over a few years."

Superintendent Dr. Fowler added, "We know who lost a textbook, how much that textbook cost, and now we're expecting to receive payment back for those."

Booktracks Textbook Management encourages accountability by all persons dealing with the textbooks.

About Book Systems, Inc.

Book Systems, Inc. provides affordable, feature-rich library and textbook management software that delivers solutions to libraries and schools of all sizes. Booktracks, our Web-based textbook management solution, was designed to protect one of the district's most valuable assets - textbooks. Our software is suited to fit the needs of the textbook coordinator in a technology-driven world, while still being easy to learn and user-riendly.

Booktracks offers easy-to-use Self Check Out and Self Check In Stations, quick cataloging, MARC editing, analysis, and standard and customizable reports. Book Systems is dedicated to quality and customer satisfaction. The company’s philosophy is very simple: create quality products; test them with input and direction from librarians and textbook coordinators in the field; and back them up with renowned customer service and support. Book Systems is a privately-owned company with its corporate headquarters located in Huntsville, Alabama, where NASA's space programs and other government technologies have created a vibrant environment of innovation. Further information is available at www.booksys.com and www.booktracks.net